Synonyms of jettisoned

jettisoned 1 of 2

adjective

as in discarded

Related Words

• discarded
• junked
• ignored
• neglected
• refuse
• waste
• rejected
• unattended
• cast-off
• vacated
• castaway
• untended
• abandoned
• forgotten
• forsaken
• deserted
• shabby
• disused
• derelict
• void
• miserable
• vacant
• godforsaken
• desolate
• idle
• wretched
• empty

Dissimilar Words

• recovered
• saved
• reclaimed
• redeemed
• salvaged
• retrieved
• restored
• rescued
• reconditioned
• rehabilitated
• rehabbed
• repeopled

jettisoned

2 of 2

verb

past tense of jettison

as in dumped

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

just jettison that plan, because we know it won't work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discarded
• dumped
• ditched
• unloaded
• lost
• abandoned
• scrapped
• rejected
• tossed
• junked
• removed
• chucked
• shed
• eliminated
• exorcised
• cast (off)
• cashiered
• laid by
• deep-sixed
• disposed of
• sloughed (off)
• threw away
• flung (off or away)
• shucked (off)
• set aside
• dismissed
• sluffed (off)
• eighty-sixed
• threw out
• abdicated
• pitched
• abolished
• forsook
• deserted
• eradicated
• kicked out
• expunged
• extinguished
• wiped out
• annihilated
• exterminated
• extirpated
• liquidated
• stamped (out)
• rooted (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopted
• used
• employed
• embraced
• utilized
• retained
• held
• took on
• kept
• held back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jettisoned

Verb

Last October, a string of elite job openings occured within a few weeks of each other, as Penn State, Florida, and LSU all jettisoned their head coaches for underperforming relative to the expectations placed upon them. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

The vehicle's two-piece protective payload fairing was jettisoned just before T+3 minutes. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026

In 2003, however, Kember made a splash with Forged Prescriptions, a re-release that favored fuller mixes and extra overdubs which the band had jettisoned owing to the difficulty of reproducing them. — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026

Quarterback coach Bush Hamdan bears some responsibility for the top quarterbacks under his watch regressing - first Quinn Ewers (who was jettisoned to Jacksonville) and now Willis. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026

Jerry Jeudy, Justin Simmons and many others were jettisoned, too. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2026

The context is also important here and probably speaks to potential filmmaker fears over their politically spicy project being jettisoned. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

This was Palace returning to the strategy of signing players with potential who could command big fees in the future — a policy jettisoned in January. — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Gwyn’s, however, who Richard considers to be his inferior, has jettisoned into success and is in the running for a huge literary prize. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026